JULY, 1924       Volume 2   LINCOLN, NEBR   Number 3

 

THE NEBRASKA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY will be glad to consider for Publication in the Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record

FIRST. Manuscript genealogical records of family lines including record of the original settler in America and the first five succeeding generations of his descendants, provided such material has not been completely published elsewhere, or where such material is a correction of matter previously published. References to printed authorities, giving volume and page should when possible accompany such material.

SECOND. Manuscript genealogical records of the last four or five generations, accompanied by a transcription of Bible records or tombstone inscriptions to substantiate the dates of birth, death and marriage.

THIRD. Verified church records including vital records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials.

FOURTH. Verified transcriptions of old burying ground inscriptions.

FIFTH. Verified transcriptions of old wills, provided they have not previously published elsewhere.

SIXTH. Transcriptions of Bible records of single families prior to 1850.

The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record is a magazine of History and Genealogy. Manuscripts, data and queries upon these subjects are solicited and will be given careful consideration.

Contributors should attach to their manuscripts their full names together with the authority for the statements made therein. Address all correspondence to the managing editor.

EDITORIAL STAFF. MISS MABEL LINDLY, Managing Editor. 1715 SO 20th St., Lincoln, Nebr.
MRS. C. R. PETERSON, '27    University Place, Nebr. MRS. B. M. ANDERSON, 27     Omaha, Nebr.	MRS. VICTOR F. CLARK, '27 Diller, Nebr.         MRS. S. D. KILPATRICK, '26 Beatrice, Nebr.
MRS. THEODORE WESTERMAN, '25 Bronxville, N. Y.
MRS. DAVID HILL, '25    Salina, Kas.	MRS. H. B. MARSHALL, '25 Lincoln, Nebr.

 

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MCKENNEY, DANIEL, d. Mch. 17, 1822, aged 84 yrs.
MCKENNEY, L----, aged 44 yrs.
MCKINNEY, ANNA STALEY, wife of Daniel McKinney, b. Dec. 24, 1775, d. Apr. 18, 1864.
MCKINNEY, PATRICK, b. July 24, 1771, d. Aug. 16, 1844.
MCKINNEY, MARY, b. Nov. 11, 1750, d. Feby. 25, 1844.
MCKINNEY, DANIEL, b. Jany. 12, 1768, d. Apr. 21, 1854.
MCKIE, ABIGEAL, wife of John McKie, Jr., and dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Lockwood, d. July 21, 1825,
     aged 27 yrs.
MCMASTER, HUGH, d. Sept. 25, 1837, aged 85 yrs.
MCMASTER, MARTHA WILLIAMS, wife of Hugh, d. May 30, 1846, aged 86 yrs., 2 mos., 8 days.
MCMASTER, THOMAS, d. Sept. 20, 1822, aged 39 yrs. [For his widow's record see Anne (Lockwood)
     Sharp.]
PATERSON, MARY LOCKWOOD, wife of Oliver Paterson and dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Lockwood,
     d. Jany. 19, 1821, aged 25 yrs.
PERRY, JANNET, wife of Sanders Perry, d. Feby. 8, 1834, aged 36 yrs., 8 mos., 12 days.
SCHUYLER, JACOB, d. Oct. 3, 1807, aged 73 yrs., 6 mos., 4 days.
SHARP, ANNE, widow of E. Lockwood and former wife of Thomas Masters and dau. of Ebenezer and
     Mary Lockwood, d. Aug. 24, 1863, aged 78 yrs.
SHIPLEY, SARAH J. MCKINNEY, wife of James Shipley, d. Oct. 1, 1864, aged 48 yrs.
SHULER, LAURENCE, d. Feby. 14, 1818, aged 77 yrs., 11 mos., 2 days.
SIMPSON, JANET YOUNEY, wife of Robert Simpson, a native of the Parish of Rothers, near Elgin, North
     Britain, d. May 26, 1811, aged 59 yrs.
STALEY, JACOB, d. Apr. 18, 1824, aged 75 yrs.

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STALEY, SUSANNAH, wife of Jacob, d. July 24, 1833, aged 76 yrs.
STALEY, JOHNNY, son of J. and S. A., d. Mch. 14, 1866, aged 2 yrs., 10 mos., 14 days.
STALEY, ABRAM, b. Jany. 10, 1828, d. June 21,1865.
STALEY, DEWITT C., son of J. H. and M., d. Apr. 8, 1857(?), aged 13 yrs., 11 mos., 23 days.
STALEY, JOHN, d. Mch. 21, 1863, aged 66 yrs., 5 mos., 11 days.
STALEY, REBECCA, wife of John, b. Jany. 29, 1795, d. June 12, 1875.
STEENBURGH, ANN M., dau. of James and Deborah, b. June 16, 1825, d. May 10, 1842.
STEWART, JOHN, d. Jany. 13, 1844, aged 74 yrs.
STUART, MARY, wife of William, in Sholat's Bush, d. May 5, 1816, aged 72 yrs.
SWART, HESTHER MABEE, wife of Jellis Swart, b. Apr. 7, 1782, d. June 19, 1862.
SWART, JELLIS, d. Feby. 4, 1850, aged 69 yrs.
SWART, WILLIAM, son of Jellis and Esther, d. Dec. 17, 1827, aged 22 yrs., 9 mos., 21 days.
SWART, CORNELIUS, son of Cornelius and Jane, d. Sept. 13, 1860, aged 14, yrs., 4 mos., 9 days.
SWART, JANE, wife of Cornelius, Sr., b. July 1, 1814, d. May 4, 1846.
SWEET, DR. SAMUEL, d. Feby. 23, 1837, aged 88 yrs., 3 mos., 13 days.
SWEET, HANNAH, wife of Dr. Samuel, d. Mch. 22,1833, aged 88 yrs.
VAN SLYKE, JESSE, d. June 19, 1871, aged 78 yrs. 8 mos.
VAN SLYKE, ANNA, wife of Jesse, d. Jany. 30, 1881, aged 85 yrs., 9 mos.
VAN DERVEER, WILLIAM, d. Nov. 26, 1829, aged 34 yrs.
VAN DERVEER, CATHERINE, wife of William, d. Nov. 15, 1819, aged 28 yrs.

Contributed by Mrs. S. D. Kilpatrick, Beatrice, Nebr.

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MOFFITT FAMILY

The following is an exact copy of a manuscript written by Joseph and Mary Moffitt and furnished by Mr. George Knight of the Citizens Bank of University Place, Nebr. The manuscript was accompanied by affidavits from Margery Moffitt Hickman and her husband, Samuel Hickman, proving the record.

Indiana -Randolph Co August 4 A. D. 1853
Isyphenia now we are a going to give thee an account of our relatives  My Fathers name was Hugh moffitt an my mothers name was Hannah Davis the daughter of Charles Davis that come from england  my fathers brothers names are James William Adam Charles Robert John and Patrick  these are the names of my mothers Brothers and sisters Thomas John Elizabeth Sarah Mary Abigal and tamar my father was raised in the north part of Irland and his fathers name was Robert Moffitt and he married a woman by the name of Margaret Stewart The family of Moffitts formerly lived in Scotland  At a place that is known by the name of Moffitts  well these are the names of my brothers and sisters Robert John Joshua Charles Jeremiah and nathan Ruth hannah and Mary  my brothers and sisters was all raised in Chatham county north Carolina

My Aunts on my mothers side Elizabeth married A vestal  Sarah married a Cox Mary married a Moffitt tamar married A Cox Abigal married ausbarn.

I was born in 1776 I will be 77 the 16 day of November

Joseph Moffitt

My Fathers name is Thomas ward  my mothers name is Margery piggott the daughter of william piggott and Sarah pike my Fathers Father was Joel ward and his mother was nancy Ross I do not know where they was borned and raised but they lived in north Carolina  My father had one own sister and three half sisters And one half Brother by the name of Joel ward  his sister name is Sarah and she married A John Smith And the (sic) lived in north Carolina and his half sister Nancy married A Wright peggy married a Slaughter Polly married a starret  my mothers brothers John Jerremiah Samuel william. piggott and mothers sisters Abagil married Mc pherson Sarah an elliot Mary a Balding and lived in Philadelpiha

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Elizabeth married a hunt Rachel an ellett
my Brothers names is Joel and Joab ward
my sisters names are Sarah Nancy Elizabeth Margery Lydia my mothers family was borned and raised in north Carolina rear Canecrick  my children was all borned in the state of ohio I was borned in 1785 1 will be 68 the thirtieth of next September

*         *          Mary Moffitt        *

My Father died in Febuary 11 and if he had a lived till the
3 of May he would a bin eighty years old
[part of two lines torn off ] May the 5 of
      *      *      *     Eighty years old       * *      
[torn]       *     Moffitt and Mary Moffitt      *      *     
are a going to give the ages of our children   Hugh Moffitt Born the 6 of august 1803 Stephen Moffitt th 21 June 1807 Seth Moffitt Born the 12 of November 1809 Martha Moffitt Born 24 of april 1812 Zimri Moffitt Born 1th of october 1814 Mary Moffitt Born 17th of January 1817 Margery Moffitt Born th 3 September 1819

Contributed by Mrs. C. R. Peterson, University Place, Nebr,

   SYLVANUS⁶ SAMPSON (Sylvanus,⁵ Thomas,⁴ Benjamin,³ George, ² Abraham¹), born about 1773 in Plymouth. died about 1875; oldest child of Sylvanus and Mary (Wright) Sampson who were married Feb. 20, 1772. He married (1) in 1800 Ruth Burgess, oldest child of William and Lucia (Sampson) Burgess, born between date of marriage of her parents Mch. 10, 1783, (Duxbury Records p. 300) and date of their 2nd child Abner born July 28, 1785 (Duxbury Records p. 38). See Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Davis, pp. 50 and 228 for list of children of these two families. Sylvanus Sampson married (2) in August 1825 Tirzah Doty. The children of Sylvanus and Ruth (Burgess) Sampson were:

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   SOPHIA⁷ SAMPSON (Sylvanus,⁶ Sylvanus,⁵ Thomas,⁴ Benjamin,³ George, ² Abraham¹), born Oct. 11, 1817, in Plymouth, died Jan. 29, 1888, in Wareham; married Jan. 22, 1835, Ebenezer Bryant born Sept. 3, 1811, in Wareham (Marriage recorded in Anc. Land. Plymouth p. 228). Ebenezer Bryant was the son of Isaac and Rebecca (Smith) Bryant of Middleborough. The children of Ebenezer and Sophia (Sampson) Bryant were:

   EBENEZER SUMNER³ BRYANT (Ebenezer, ² Isaac¹), born in Plymouth July 28, 1836, died in Wareham Aug. 23, 1894; he married (1) Sept. 25, 1857, in Wareham, Louisa Maria Turner, born in Plymouth Dec. 23, 1839, died in Wareham Dec. 31, 1863, daughter of Stephen and Sally (Pope) Turner of Plymouth. He married (2) Oct. 23, 1865, Emeline (Nickerson) Griffen, widow of George Herbert Griffen, born June 12, 1834, died Oct. 1909, at Red Brook. The children of Ebenezer Sumner and Louisa (Turner) Bryant were:

The children of Ebenezer Sumner and Emeline (Griffen) Bryant were:

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   References: Pope's Pioneers of Mass., pp. 516-17, Mayflower Descendant, II 242, XXI 53; Giles Memorial, John Adams Vinton, 1864, pp, 397 and 402; Duxbury Records, pp. 88 and 300; Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Davis, pp. 50, 89, 228, 9, 294, 5; Brewster Genealogy, Emma C. Brewster Jones, 1909, pp. 40, 59, 96; Burgess Genealogy, Ebenezer Burgess, 1865, pp. 22, 32. 53; Doten-Doty Genealogy, Ethan Allen Doty, 1897, p. 171; Family records.

   BENJAMIN¹ FENN b. abt. 1612, left his estate in the parish of Whiddington, Masworth, Buckinghamshire, England, for conscience's sake and came to New Haven, Ct., in 1630, with Governor Winthrop in ship "Mary and John". He m. 1st Sarah Baldwin, dau. of Sylvester and Sarah (Bryan) Baldwin, b. 1621, d. 1663; m. 2nd Mch. 12, 1664, Susannah Wood.

   BENJAMIN ² FENN (Benjamin¹) b. 1640, m. Dec. 21, 1660, Mehitable Gunn, only dau. of Dr. Jasper Gunn.

   DEACON BENJAMIN ³ FENN (Benjamin,² Benjamin¹) b. 1661, d. 1732, m. 1st Sarah Clark, b. 1664, d. 1729, m. 2nd Hannah -------.

   ELDER BENJAMIN ⁴ F FENN (Benjamin, ³ Benjamin,² Benjamin¹) b. 1690, d. 1770, m. Sarah Prince, b. 1686, d. May 8, 1773.

   LIEUT.-COL. BENJAMIN ⁵ FENN (Benjamin, ⁴ Benjamin, ³ Benjamin,² Benjamin¹) b. 1720, d. 1778, m. Mary Peck, dau. of Samuel Peck, b. July 30, 1718, d. May 2, 1804; m. 2nd May 5, 1714, Martha Clark, dau. of Deacon George Clark and Deborah Fairfield, b. 1698, d. 1828.

   LIEUT. BENJAMIN ⁶ FENN (Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin, ⁴ Benjamin, ³ Benjamin,² Benjamin¹) b. 1742, in Milford, Ct., d. 1780; m. 1765, Sarah Treat, b. 1745, d. 1838. Their children were;

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The last four children named were born in Milford, Ct. After the death of Lieut. Benjamin Fenn, his widow, Sarah Treat Fenn, married Major Ezra Fellows. She died in Tallmadge, Ohio.

   PECK⁷ FENN (Benjamin, ⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin, ⁴ Benjamin, ³ Benjamin,² Benjamin¹) b. Feby. 28,1768, in Milford, Ct., d. Mch. 12, 1824, m. Jany. 28, 1794, in Milford, Ct., Urania Durand, b. 1770, d. 1863. She was a dau. of John Durand and Anna Downes. Children of Peck Fenn and Urania Durand were:

3. Harvey.
4. Joseph married Nancy Carruthers.
5. Sereno.
6. Clarinda.
7. Eliza.
8. Andrew.
These children were all born in Milford, Ct.

   MIRANDA⁸ FENN (Peck ⁷ Benjamin, ⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin, ⁴ Benjamin, ³ Benjamin,² Benjamin¹ ) b. 1798, d. 1889, m. 1820 in Tallmadge, Ohio, Anson Ashley b. 1795 in Sheffield, Mass., d. 1870 in Tallmadge, Ohio.

   REV. ANDREW F.⁹ ASHLEY, M. D., (Miranda,⁸ Peck ⁷, Benjamin, ⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin, ⁴ Benjamin, ³ Benjamin,² Benjamin¹ Fenn) b. 1831, d. 1900, m. in 1860, Angie R. Longley b. 1840, d. 1903.

   HATTIE L.¹⁰ ASHLEY (Andrew F.,⁹ Miranda,⁸ Peck ⁷ Benjamin, ⁶ Benjamin ,^{5 4 3 2} Benjamin¹ Fenn) b. 1862, m. 1893 in Fairmont, Nebr., Herbert E. Horan, b. 1861.

   Authorities: Tombstones in the cemetery at Milford, Ct., where twelve Benjamin Fenns are buried; family records; American Ancestry; Parts of Downes, Fenn and Peck by Savage.

Contributed by Mrs. H. E. Horan, Fairmont, Nebr.

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   JOSEPH¹ PECK came to New Haven, Ct., in ship "Diligent" in 1638, d. 1700, m. 1st Widow Alice Burwell, m. 2nd Mary Richards.

   JOSEPH² PECK (Joseph¹) b. 1653, d. 1729, m. Jany. 27, 1679, Mary Camp, dau. of Nicholas Camp who came to America in 1638.

   SAMUEL³ PECK (Joseph,² Joseph¹) b. 1690, d. 1728, m. May 5, 1714, Martha Clark, b. 1698, d. 1728, dau. of Deacon George Clark and Deborah Fairfield.

   MARY⁴ PECK (Samuel,³ Joseph,² Joseph¹) b. May 30, 1718, d. May 2,1804, m. Lieut.-Col. Benjamin Fenn.

   DR. JOHN¹ DURAND came to America from France. He was in Derby, Ct., in 1685.

   ANDREW² DURAND (John¹) b. 1702. d. 1791, in Derby, Ct., m. 1729, Jane Andrew b. 1698, d. 1778. She was a dau. of Rev. Samuel Andrew b. 1655, d. 1738, who m. 1686 Abigail Treat b. 1660, d. 1727.

   JOHN³ DURAND (Andrew,² John¹) b. 1734, d. 1780, m. Dec. 29, 1756, Anna Downes b. 1734, d. 1828. She was a dau. of John Downes b. 1709, d. 1799 who married 1733 Ann Hine b. 1714, d. 1795.

   URANIA⁴ DURAND (John,³ Andrew,² John¹) b. 1770, d. 1863, m. Jany. 28, 1794, in Milford, Ct., Peck Fenn b. Feby. 28, 1768, in Milford, Ct., d. Mch. 12,1824.

Contributed by Mrs. H. E. Horan, Fairmont, Nebr.

   The following line has been compiled by Mrs. Ella Glenn Shields, genealogist, of Chicago, Ill., for Mrs. John W. Barth of Omaha, Nebr.

   THOMAS¹ DUSTIN married Dec. 3, 1677, Hannah Emerson b. Dec. 23, 1657, d. after 1709. The date of his death is unknown,

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